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Should benefits be cut for obese people if they refuse to exercise?
dirty dingus
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According to Sky News a government proposal says if you are a fattie signing on you may loose housing benefit unless you get yer butt into shape. I'm sure guys like Eric Pickles will end up the driving force behind this scheme. The coalition, what they like.
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shit.
Mind you the Americans would have a vested interest in saying that .
Isn't this to do where a doctor has advised the patient to do exercise to reduce their weight to avoid problems like diabetes but the patient hasn't done what has been suggested?
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Doesn't seem so unfair to me. If you've no medical condition that makes you fat, then you obviously eat shit and don't exercise.
Its behind the paywall there hence the screengrab.
dodgy ground if that`s the case, where would that leave the freedom to refuse treatment?
So? I see nothing hypocritical about it at all. DLA is not means tested and he had every right to.
I agree with that to a point but i think more should be done to educate people when it comes to diet and exercise and i'm talking classes and support groups rather than a leaflet.
Well maybe they should be looking into taking benefits away from people that do not need it, such as millionaires, rather than the disabled, poor and now overweight. No fun in bullying your own i guess.
A millionaire who took benefits , telling other people they do not desreve it I do find hypocritical, yes. Sorry.
Seems fair:cool:
I see your point but the child is entitled no matter what's in the parent's bank account.
Not "obese", "overweight" or even "morbidly obese" but fatties, yeah that seems fair.:rolleyes:
Why? The parents have adequate money to support the child. The money could go to people in a less priviledged financial position.
You see I would not normally care but this is a guy that has spent the last two years trying to punish and stigmatise the poor and sick for needing help
Don't worry, they will be going after the grammatically deficient next.
Yes maybe they will lose their right to post on internet forums.
Rating people by height and weight, regardless of muscle or bone, is flawed. Fat is the problem. I doubt their are many people who are classed as disabled due to their massive biceps.
I agree lady and what about looking at the money grabbing MP's expenses :mad:
You have hit on a point. They are still classed as obese going on BMI. How would this be measured? Body Fat content?
If so that makes the previous scale used to monitor and get stats for obesity completely incorrect.